Usually avoid Plumb Center like the plague, but needed a plumbing part & was
only around the corner...

During the eternity I waited to be served I noticed a large poster with the
headline "Show us the card or we'll show you the door".

Poster was clearly a joint effort between Gas Safe & Plumb Center, the
strongly worded message was that they wouldn't sell 'safety related' gas
parts to anyone not carrying a Gas Safe card. No details of what 'safety
related' gas parts where.

Looks like jobs for the boys to me.

.... and they didn't have the bit I wanted - a bottom entry WC float valve.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Usually avoid Plumb Center like the plague, but needed a plumbing
part & was only around the corner...

During the eternity I waited to be served I noticed a large poster
with the headline "Show us the card or we'll show you the door".

Poster was clearly a joint effort between Gas Safe & Plumb Center, the
strongly worded message was that they wouldn't sell 'safety
related' gas parts to anyone not carrying a Gas Safe card. No
details of what 'safety related' gas parts where.

Looks like jobs for the boys to me.

... and they didn't have the bit I wanted - a bottom entry WC float
valve.

I have only ever used them once.

I went to the counter, waited for a member of staff to serve me, told him
what I wanted and I was told I was at the wrong counter for that part and he
pointed to another counter in the shop. I went to the other counter and the
same bloke walked around and then asked me again what I wanted!!!

--
Adam

On 2 Sep, 08:32, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
Usually avoid Plumb Center like the plague, but needed a plumbing part & was
only around the corner...

During the eternity I waited to be served I noticed a large poster with the
headline "Show us the card or we'll show you the door".

Poster was clearly a joint effort between Gas Safe & Plumb Center, *the
strongly worded message was that they wouldn't sell 'safety related' gas
parts to anyone not carrying a Gas Safe card. *No details of what 'safety
related' gas parts where.

Looks like jobs for the boys to me.

... and they didn't have the bit I wanted - a bottom entry WC float valve..

--
Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

I ordered a fair quantity of 6m lengths of barrier pipe online from a
discount plumbing supplier (can't remember who right now), but it was
delivered by Plumb Centre - stuff looked like they'd been playing
football with it around the yard.

Enough to put me off buying from my local Plumb Centre - I expect
stuff to arrive in first class condition.

Like MH - I'd only use them when I can't shop somewhere online and
reputable, or have a local alternative.

On 2 Sep, 08:32, "The Medway Handyman" davidl...@no-spam-
blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
Usually avoid Plumb Center like the plague,

I've been there once, as I was already outside and I'd been searching
for an extra-large fibre washer for some days. They didn't have one,
but they did offer the "helpful" advice to seal the parallel thread
with PTFE tape instead.

I hear they also sell hacksaws.

In article ,
"The Medway Handyman" writes:
Usually avoid Plumb Center like the plague, but needed a plumbing part & was
only around the corner...

During the eternity I waited to be served I noticed a large poster with the
headline "Show us the card or we'll show you the door".

Poster was clearly a joint effort between Gas Safe & Plumb Center, the
strongly worded message was that they wouldn't sell 'safety related' gas
parts to anyone not carrying a Gas Safe card. No details of what 'safety
related' gas parts where.

Looks like jobs for the boys to me.

They introduced this a few years ago. CORGI tried pressuring
the whole industry into doing this, but no one else fell for
it as I know. I use to buy parts from them, but I haven't
done since. Their stock situation was always bad anyway, and
you could end up waiting weeks whilst they ordered your item
from manufacturers.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

The Medway Handyman wrote:

... and they didn't have the bit I wanted - a bottom entry WC float valve.

I don't understand Plumb Centre. I took along a ceramic disc cartridge
looking for a replacement and the bloke behind the counter had no idea
what it was (it was as if I'd presented him with a part of the Hadron
Collider) nor did they stock any.

--
Scott

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

I went in there once looking for a blanking plug for a soil pipe.
They insisted on charging list price for it.

Still, I got away lightly compared to the poor sod in a shirt and tie
in front of me who was obviously a weekend DIYer. Their attitude to
him was pretty much summed up by this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco

In article
, mike
writes
I went in there once looking for a blanking plug for a soil pipe.
They insisted on charging list price for it.

Still, I got away lightly compared to the poor sod in a shirt and tie
in front of me who was obviously a weekend DIYer. Their attitude to
him was pretty much summed up by this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco

Ah, back when Rowan Atkinson was funny, them were the days . . .

Followup to dom, think it was discountedheating that used PlumbCentre,
only used them once but it worked ok that time. Nowadays, per TMH's
experience, if they don't want the business then f'ck em.
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

Followup to dom, think it was discountedheating that used PlumbCentre,

Yup - that's the one.

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:32:54 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Poster was clearly a joint effort between Gas Safe & Plumb Center, the
strongly worded message was that they wouldn't sell 'safety related' gas
parts to anyone not carrying a Gas Safe card. No details of what
'safety related' gas parts where.

Ours has that. They only card they've ever wanted to see from me (for
gas-carrying parts) says Visa on it ;-)



--
John Stumbles -- http://yaph.co.uk

Never believe anyone who claims to be a liar

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:54:12 +0100, fred wrote:

Followup to dom, think it was discountedheating that used PlumbCentre,
only used them once but it worked ok that time. Nowadays, per TMH's
experience, if they don't want the business then f'ck em.

Some stuff I've bought from Plumbnation has been delivered by PC. And
sometimes they'll beat other suppliers' prices on stuff (I think I used to
get a good price on Honeywell progstats from them before I started being
able to buy them cheapewr from PTS on the boiler scheme). And sometimes
they've got stuff that no-one else (or not many others) has e.g. those
Fernox boil-in-the-bag scale inhibitors you hang in your cold water
storage tank.



--
John Stumbles -- http://yaph.co.uk

How odd of God But not so odd as those who choose
To choose the Jews A Jewish god, yet spurn the Jews

"Scott M" wrote in message
...
: The Medway Handyman wrote:
:
: ... and they didn't have the bit I wanted - a bottom entry WC
float valve.
:
: I don't understand Plumb Centre. I took along a ceramic disc
cartridge
: looking for a replacement and the bloke behind the counter had
no idea
: what it was (it was as if I'd presented him with a part of the
Hadron
: Collider) nor did they stock any.
:

They don't seem to employ ex building tradesman, never mind
plumbers who have decided on a easier life or even clued up
DIYers (like at least one of the DIY sheds used to do), you can't
expect someone whose last job was stacking shelves for Tescos to
know much? :~(
--
Regards, Jerry.

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...

snip
:
: I have only ever used them once.
:
: I went to the counter, waited for a member of staff to serve
me, told him
: what I wanted and I was told I was at the wrong counter for
that part and he
: pointed to another counter in the shop. I went to the other
counter and the
: same bloke walked around and then asked me again what I
wanted!!!
:

Could have been his identical twin I suppose?! :~)
--
Regards, Jerry.

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:25:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Followup to dom, think it was discountedheating that used
PlumbCentre,

Yup - that's the one.

Might be worth digging about on the various "discount" plumbing
websites (and whois) to see who owns the sites and if they are all
just different faces of the same company or parent (Wolseley).

Previously I've been happy with Plumb Centre, they've had what I've
wanted and given a good price and discount but that dates back a few
years. I recently got a length of flue from 'em off the shelf that
was proving very difficult to obtain locally. Mind you judging by the
faded labels and manufacturing date it had been on their shelf for 2
years...

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:05:49 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:25:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Followup to dom, think it was discountedheating that used
PlumbCentre,

Yup - that's the one.

Might be worth digging about on the various "discount" plumbing
websites (and whois) to see who owns the sites and if they are all
just different faces of the same company or parent (Wolseley).

Previously I've been happy with Plumb Centre, they've had what I've
wanted and given a good price and discount but that dates back a few
years. I recently got a length of flue from 'em off the shelf that
was proving very difficult to obtain locally. Mind you judging by the
faded labels and manufacturing date it had been on their shelf for 2
years...

Well, as I posted recently, a rad. ordered from PlumbTraders was delivered
by PlumbCenter in Northampton - good service TAAAW.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway